Celebrity Beat:T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle arrested on drug possession charges after police smelled alleged marijuana emanating from their vehicle; the arrests were made after a traffic stop on Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood; T.I. was released from prison in March on weapons charges and is currently serving probation... In news involving other celebrities recently arrested after marijuana smoke allegedly wafted from their car, Paris Hilton has been banned from the Wynn properties in Las Vegas, including both the Wynn and the Encore; on the plus side, she is still very much welcome to stay (surprise!) at the Vegas Hilton ... Lindsay Lohan reportedly sends cease-and-desist letter to dad Michael Lohan to prevent him from selling excerpts of her rehab diary from 2007... Catherine Zeta-Jones expresses anger that doctors did not detect Michael Douglas's cancer sooner... Lawsuits involving Nicolas Cage and his former business manager dismissed.

"T.I. and wife Tameka Cottle arrested on drug possession charges after police smelled alleged marijuana emanating from their vehicle" -- OK, the other day cops saw an alleged mairjuana cloud from someone else's car, and now it's an alleged marijuana smell. Is there an official five-senses pot handbook I can refer to so I'm clear here? Just want to be prepared should I accidently wander into suspiciously activity where I might inadvertently feel, touch or taste something.

"Paris Hilton has been banned from the Wynn properties in Las Vegas" -- How does that work, actually? Are there WANTED (BANNED?) posters of her at all the entrances? Does a DNA and/or breathalyzer monitor in each door and window set off a WHOOP WHOOP PARIS WHOOP WHOOP alarm? Help me out.

"Lawsuits involving Nicolas Cage and his former business manager dismissed." -- The former business manager was all set to push ahead until he wandered into the conference room with Nic and his assistant. Nic said to her, "Chrissy, over on the wall. Get me the big knife." Thus sending the business manager away suddenly ready to cancel the whole thing. Go figure.

"Could Steve Carell be replaced on 'The Office' by Harvey Keitel?" -- Any desire to watch Harvey in anything was killed after I saw "The Piano." Even if he promises not to be naked on "The Office," forget it. I'm not tuning in.

"Jamie Foxx to star in his own sketch comedy series on Fox" -- We'll call it "In Living Colour" and ask that girl, whatshername, Jennifer Lopez, to be on too, as a dancer. Maybe one or two of those Wayans brothers can join them. It'll be GREAT.

"'Glee' characters -- in 'Simpsons' form!" -- I see my prediction that the show will flame big and die quickly is right on track. Animated Rachel and Finn? Call me when the entire cast sits down with Oprah and when the upcoming episode where Puck water skis over the shark is ready to air. Tick. Tick. Tick.

LOL, td -- beauty really is in the eye of the beholder. Ever since seeing The Piano, I've thought Harvey Keitel has the best buns in show business. I've never watched The Office, but I would just for him (naked or not)!

Can the public send LiLo a cease & desist letter? I'd really like her to cease being in the media.

$113 billion is spent on marijuana every year in the U.S., and because of the federal prohibition *every* dollar of it goes straight into the hands of criminals. Far from preventing people from using marijuana, the prohibition instead creates zero legal supply amid massive and unrelenting demand.

According to the ONDCP, at least sixty percent of Mexican drug cartel money comes from selling marijuana in the U.S., they protect this revenue by brutally torturing, murdering and dismembering countless innocent people.

If we can STOP people using marijuana then we need to do so NOW, but if we can't then we need to legalize the production and sale of marijuana to adults with after-tax prices set too low for the cartels to match. One way or the other, we have to force the cartels out of the marijuana market and eliminate their highly lucrative marijuana incomes - no business can withstand the loss of sixty percent of its revenue!

To date, the cartels have amassed more than 100,000 "foot soldiers" and operate in 230 U.S. cities, and Arizona police are now conceding that parts of their state are under cartel control. The longer the cartels are allowed to exploit the prohibition the more powerful they're going to get and the more our own personal security will be put in jeopardy.

More bread and circuses courtesy of the formerly respectable newspaper known as the Washington Post to keep people in a state of frenzied distraction while the nation swirls around the drain deep in the bowl.